Globe hanger for lighting fixtures



May 28, 1929. $HA|5$ 1,714,961

GLOBE HANGER F OR LIGHTING FIXTURES Filed A ril 18, 1928 Patented May 28, 1929.

BENJAMIN sneraor NEW YORK, N. Y. e

GLOBE HAnenaFoR LIGHTING FIXTURE-S.

Application. filed April 18,

The present invention relates to supporting devices for globes of lighting fixtures wherein the glass is suspended from a suitable hanger so thatit may be removed at times for cleaning. The usual form of hanger has included a bell portion provided with set screws which engage the turnedback flange of the globe, each screw being individually adjusted to engage the flange. When the globe is washed, considerable difficulty is experienced in removing it by reason of the fact that the set screws sometimes become jammed. This is quite a disadvantage, particularly when the globe is suspended at a considerable height.

In accordance with the construction embodied in the present invention, the set screws are dispensed with anda suitable frame provided which receives the globe and holds it in a desired position. This construction eliminates the set screws required in many of the old types of hanger and in addition to the ease of mounting, holds the globe securely in place.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a hanger upon which the globe may be mounted in a single operation. The hanger is pivoted to lie, normally, in a tilted position so that the recess of the globe will readily pass over it and, after it is within the globe and the latter lowered, suitable flanges of the hanger engage the globe to cause the hanger to be moved to a horizontal position and support the globe at four points.

The invention will be understood more readily in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in section, taken on line 11 of Figure 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the globe, showing the manner inwhich the hanger engages the interior thereof to secure it in the desired position.

Figure 3 is a view in section, taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the above drawings, a designates a stem upon which a fixture is to be mounted and within which the electric wire is to be carried. The stem carries a bell housing a. which is slidable thereover and may be secured in a desired position by means of a set screw a WVithin the bell housing, a yoke I) is secured to the lower end of the stem a. This yoke isrigidly secured 1928. Serial 1V0. 270,885.

to the stem and has outwardly diverging arms 6 to the lower extremities of which.

a globe hanger 0 is pivoted. Hanger 0, plvoted to the arms 6 at c, is formed in the shape of a rectangle preferably with the sides thereof equal. It is formed with a horizontally disposed flange c and at the corners thereof, upwardly extending positioning lugs c are provided.

hen the hanger has been inserted within 1 lateral movement of the globe with respect to the hanger. The bell housing is slid down to the position shown in Figure 1 and the hanging of the globe has been effected. It will be seen that the hanging of the globe can be readily effected in a single'operation,

the globe merely being lifted until it receives the hanger within the body thereof, and then. lowered until the inner surface adjacent the opening engages the flange 0 of the hanger. The latter isthen 'moved from the dot and dash lines of Figure 1 to the horizontal position shown.

In order that the hanger will normally lie in a tilted position such as shown in dot and dash lines in Figure 1, one side thereof. is weighted. As will be seen in Figure 2, the positioninglugs on the right-hand sideof the hanger are made larger than those on the left-hand side. If desirable they may be made. of lead or other heavy substance in order that the hanger may normally lie in a position which is tilted sufliciently. Tilting of the hanger in this manner greatly facilitates the hanging of the globe and on ables it to be done in a single operation. The above construction-does away with objeetionable set screws which frequently become loosed and the hanger construction described affords a means for hanging the globe securely and positively in position.

Although the invention'has been described in connection with the accompanying drawings, the scope thereof is not to be limited save as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device for supporting a globe comprising a stem, yoke arms'carried by the stem, a globe hanger pivoted to the arms,

to the arms, and means at the corners of the This specification signed this17th day of and means carried by the hanger to support 3. A device for supporting a globe com-v 1 the globe against movement transverse to prising a stem, yoke arms carried by the the arms. stem, and a Weighted globe hangervpivoted 2. A device for supporting a globe eom to the arms, the hanger normally assuming prising a stem, yoke arms carried by the a tilted position When not supporting a stem, a rectangular shaped hanger pivoted globe. 10

of the hanger for positioning the globe April A. D. 1928. thereon. I r

BENJAMIN ,sHAPs. 

